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Smyrna: Fire Incidents, Delaware (DE)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 76. The highest number of fires - 127 took place in 2002, and the least - 49 in 2014. The data has a declining trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Smyrna, DE compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

Smyrna:	80.6
Dover:	47.7
Middletown:	79.9
Glasgow:	1.4
Bear:	92.9
New Castle:	1,020.0
Wilmington Manor:	3.8
Newark:	202.9
Milford:	61.2

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is similar to the Delaware median value.


The median response time in Smyrna, DE compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Smyrna:	7 minutes
Townsend:	9 minutes
Dover:	7 minutes
Middletown:	8 minutes
Magnolia:	9 minutes
Delaware City:	8 minutes
Felton:	9 minutes
Bear:	9 minutes
New Castle:	7 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported injuries - 2 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a growing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 5. This indicator was the highest - 24 in 2008, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is growing. Compared to the Delaware value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is higher.



Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Smyrna, DE compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Smyrna:	5.4
Townsend:	4.1
Dover:	7.0
Middletown:	3.8
Magnolia:	9.4
Delaware City:	6.2
Felton:	2.5
Bear:	6.0
New Castle:	3.4

29.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.9% in the evening. The most fires (16.7%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.3%) on Saturday.
According to the 1,291 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.8%) took place during March, and the least (6.1%) in December.
Out of all 4,903 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (26.3%), Rescue & EMS (20.9%), and Hazardous Condition (19.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Smyrna, DE
• 1,29126.3%Fire
• 1,02720.9%Rescue & EMS
• 93519.1%Hazardous Condition
• 59612.2%False Alarm
• 52710.7%Good Intent Call
• 51010.4%Service Call
• 80.2%Special Incident
• 70.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (55.8%), and Outside Fires (27.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Smyrna, DE
• 72155.8%Structure Fires
• 35727.7%Outside Fires
• 18013.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 332.6%Other